This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) captures the interplay between development challenges and climate change and climate policies in Mozambique, with the objective of identifying synergies and tradeoffs. The CCDR informs the World Bank Group’s engagement in Mozambique, alongside other key products, such as Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) and …
Nations have passed almost 500 laws to tackle climate change, with emerging economies led by Mexico and China making the most progress last year, a study by Globe International found. A total of 62 out of the 66 countries examined have passed or are working on “significant” climate or energy-related …
The United Nation’s Program for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) aims to reduce the 20% contribution to global emissions of greenhouse gases from the forest sector, offering a financial value of the carbon stored in forests as an incentive for local communities. The pre-requisite for the setup …
The illegal killing of rhinos in South Africa, home to about 90 percent of the world's population of the endangered animals, is rising toward a record as poachers increasingly target private game farms. Bloomberg's Franz Wild reports. (Source: Bloomberg) “Extreme poverty encourages poaching,” Chissano said in an interview in the …
Spells of drought in southern African this year have hit agricultural output and hurt economic growth in countries such as Zambia and Angola, underscoring the lingering importance of farming to the resource-rich region's prosperity. Cutting their 2013 economic growth estimates, both oil producing Angola and copper producer Zambia have cited …
The trophy hunting of lions Panthera leo is contentious due to uncertainty concerning conservation impacts and because of highly polarised opinions about the practice. African lions are hunted across at least ~558,000 km2, which comprises 27–32% of the lion range in countries where trophy hunting of the species is permitted. …
The last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique have been wiped out by poachers apparently working in cahoots with the game rangers responsible for protecting them. The 15 threatened animals were shot dead for their horns last month in the Mozambican part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) — a bank set up by 56 Islamic nations — has approved financial assistance worth $617 million (approximately Rs 54.16 billion) for development projects in different countries including Nepal. The board meeting of the bank has decided to support education projects in Nepal, Botswana, Thailand …
Almost 100 million sharks are killed each year and many species need better protection, according to researchers Sharks risk being driven to extinction due to overfishing, with almost 100 million killed each year, scientists have warned. Many species of shark need better protection to prevent their extinction within coming decades, …
The worst flooding in over a decade in Mozambique has killed nearly 70 people as a fresh deluge in the north took its toll, the United Nations said today. “Based on government figures received today, the number of deaths since January 12 is 68,” UN spokeswoman Patricia Nakell told AFP. …
Floods in southern Mozambique have displaced up to 70,000 people and cut power exports to energy-hungry neighbour South Africa in half, officials said Thursday. The south and centre of the country have been placed on red alert after experiencing the heaviest rainfall since devastating floods killed some 800 people in …
Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants. By mid-December, poachers had killed 633 rhinos in South Africa, according to environment ministry figures. That marks a new annual peak in the …
Awholly-owned subsidiary of state-run Coal India has hit coal seams during exploration in Mozambique, a senior company executive said. Coal India Africana Limitada, which had drilled four boreholes in the southeast African nation, has hit coal in all four of them, making it the subsidiary’s first success overseas, the executive …
WB report states how climate change to hit Bangladesh; warns poorest countries to be worst sufferers As a consequence of climate charge, the sea level will rise by up to 3 feet in Bangladesh, where water scarcity and falling crop yields exacerbate hunger and poverty, says a recent report by …
JSW Steel has almost abandoned the transfer of its Mozambique coal mines to utility JSW Energy, breaching a promise it made to investors at the time of the initial public offering of the power producer. A study of the mine shows that it possesses more of coking coal, an input …
New Delhi: State-run Coal India Limited’s pleas for coal blocks at home may have fallen on deaf ears but the government did not hesitate in asking the Maharatna company to go as far overseas as Mozambique in south-east Africa to prospect for coal. For over four years, Coal India repeatedly …
The central African nation of Gabon will burn its government stockpiles of ivory on Wednesday against the backdrop of a surge in the killing of elephants and rhinos across the continent to meet surging Asian demand. Conservation group WWF and TRAFFIC, which monitors the global wildlife trade, said in a …
Coca-Cola has pledged to commit $3.5m to help accelerate the development of sustainable water access in drought-hit parts of Africa. In partnership with the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, the global soft drinks brand will work with the United States Water Partnership (USWP) to advance clean water and sanitation in those African …
Rovuma Basin, where Videocon & BPCL have big stakes, may hold 20 times as much gas as D6 Natural gas reserves in Mozambique’s oil-rich Rovuma Basin, where Indian companies hold stakes, are expected to rise dramatically with a giant new discovery, catapulting the African nation to the league of the …
Amid growing threat to the existence of rhinoceros species in rhino range countries, including in Africa and Asia, Indonesia has declared 2012 as International Rhino Year. Indonesia is among 11 countries supporting the declaration. Other supporters of Rhino Year include Nepal, India, Bhutan, Malaysia, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. …
